Directory
Fishing spots around the world
Guides to saltwater fishing in 26+ top destinations. Each page covers the target species, best times of year, tides and tactics, then opens the live conditions and Bite Score for that spot.
US Northeast
Montauk, New York
The tip of Long Island is one of the great striped bass and false albacore destinations on the US East Coast. Fall runs here are legendary, with bait pushed tight to the point and blitzes visible from shore.
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Cape Cod, Massachusetts
The Cape's beaches, canal, and flats hold striped bass and bluefish through the warm months, with sight-fishing on the flats and blitz fishing along the outer beaches.
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Rockaway, New York
Rockaway and Jamaica Bay put striped bass, bluefish, and fluke within reach of New York City. Beaches, jetties, and the bay's channels all produce through the season.
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US Southeast
Outer Banks, North Carolina
Cape Hatteras and the OBX are a surfcasting mecca and a gateway to the Gulf Stream. Red drum, bluefish, and cobia work the beaches while offshore boats chase mahi, tuna, and billfish.
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Charleston, South Carolina
The Lowcountry's marshes and creeks are redfish and speckled trout country, with flood-tide tailing reds on the grass flats a signature experience.
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Miami, Florida
Miami offers everything from bonefish and tarpon on Biscayne Bay flats to sailfish and mahi a short run offshore. It is one of the most diverse saltwater fisheries in the world.
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Florida Keys, Florida
The Keys are the flats-fishing capital of the world — the home of the bonefish, tarpon, and permit 'grand slam' — with world-class reef and offshore fishing on the other side.
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US Gulf Coast
Tampa Bay, Florida
Tampa Bay is a snook, redfish, and spotted seatrout powerhouse, with grass flats, mangrove shorelines, and passes that also draw big tarpon each summer.
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Destin, Florida
Known as the 'world's luckiest fishing village,' Destin offers deep water close to shore — red snapper, grouper, and pelagics are all within a short run of the pass.
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Port Aransas, Texas
The Texas Coastal Bend serves up redfish and speckled trout in the bays and jetties, with bull reds and tarpon along the beachfront in late summer.
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US West Coast
San Diego, California
San Diego is the gateway to some of the best saltwater fishing in the Pacific — calico bass and yellowtail inshore, and long-range trips to bluefin and yellowfin tuna offshore.
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Los Angeles, California
The LA and Long Beach coastline holds calico bass, halibut, and barred surfperch, with seasonal runs of white seabass and yellowtail around the offshore islands.
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Alaska & Pacific NW
Caribbean
Sosúa, Dominican Republic
The Dominican north coast drops into deep blue water fast, putting mahi-mahi, wahoo, and marlin within a short run. Summer is prime for pelagics off Sosúa and neighboring Cabarete.
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Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Punta Cana's blue water holds white and blue marlin, mahi, and wahoo, with a productive spring white marlin bite that draws anglers from around the world.
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Cancún, Mexico
Cancún and Isla Mujeres offer sailfish, mahi, and a famous winter migration of giant schools of sailfish and tuna feeding on bait balls off the coast.
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Central America
South America
Europe
Algarve, Portugal
Portugal's south coast offers seabream, bass, and offshore access to bluefin tuna and blue marlin, with a warm-season big-game fishery out of ports like Vilamoura.
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Cornwall, United Kingdom
Cornwall's coast is prime UK bass country, with pollack, mackerel, and wrasse over the reefs and a summer run of bass that draws lure anglers to the rocky headlands.
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Costa del Sol, Spain
Spain's southern Mediterranean coast offers seabream and bass inshore, with access to bluefin tuna and dorado offshore in the warm months.
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Africa
Australia & Pacific
Cairns, Australia
Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef are famous for giant black marlin, along with reef fishing for coral trout and trevally and a strong nearshore fishery.
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Sydney, Australia
Sydney offers kingfish and snapper on the inshore reefs, bream and flathead in the harbour, and a marlin and tuna run on the shelf a short run offshore.
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Asia
Phuket, Thailand
The Andaman Sea off Phuket holds sailfish, mahi, and giant trevally, with light-tackle and popping opportunities around the islands and reefs.
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Okinawa, Japan
Okinawa's subtropical waters hold giant trevally, mahi, and a range of reef species, with world-class popping and jigging over deep structure.
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